"MisterN411" Wins The $200,000 High Roller
After more than nine hours of play, XL Inferno #16 - $200,000 High Roller finally crowned a winner. "MisterN411 claimed the victory and the first prize of $90,063 after beating "trino11" in the deciding heads-up.
This event, with a buy-in of $2,600, saw 84 players register and those players made 47 rebuys to get a total amount of 131 players. They created a total prize pool of $327,500 with 12 places paid.
It took a while to get into the money but in the end, "InJeBakkes" was the last player finishing empty-handed. He lost a huge pot with ace-queen against ace-king, with lots of short stacks still in the tournament. After the players reached the money, it went pretty quickly to a final table.
"TrollKonst8", "FItip4ldI" and Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattsson were eliminated in quick succession, with the latter mentioned losing his stack with king-queen against pocket kings. Just nine players went to the final table with "trino11" as the chip leader. In fifteen minutes, the field got down to five players. "Biack88" (ninth, $9,825), "maxim2880" (eighth, $11,463), "VALIUM4WIN" (seventh, $13,919) and "PulledPorker" (sixth, $17,194) lost their stacks.
When play reached the final five, players had much more space and it took a while before another player was sent to the rail. After quite some time, "alwayswin111" lost all of his chips with king-jack against the pocket eights of "trino11". "wellyxx" (fourth, $31,113) busted with king-jack against ace-eight to get the tournament three-handed.
Three-handed lasted a long time, but eventually "cockbandit44" was eliminated in third place for $45,850. The Canadian lost the final all in with king-nine against eight-nine and had to settle for 'bronze'. Just after the heads up started, "MisterN411" took a big 10:1-lead against "trino11".
The Dutch player didn't need much time to secure the victory. In the last hand, pocket kings held against queen-four. "MisterN411" received the first prize of $90,063 while the runner-up had to settle for $60,588.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MisterN411 | Netherlands | $90,063 |
| 2 | trino11 | $60,588 | |
| 3 | cockbandit44 | Canada | $45,850 |
| 4 | wellyxx | Finland | $31,113 |
| 5 | alwayswin111 | Austria | $22,925 |
| 6 | PulledPorker | Canada | $17,194 |
| 7 | VALIUM4WIN | Finland | $13,919 |
| 8 | maxim2880 | Russia | $11,463 |
| 9 | Biack88 | Russia | $9,825 |